12:59 PM,
Mar. 20, 2013

From left: Matthew Holtzclaw and Marlo Marquise will be the featured performers at 'Soiree Bizarre' on Saturday night.

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Asbury Lanes, the legendary old-school hot spot on Fourth Avenue in Asbury Park, draws many retro-minded performers to its stage. Some indulge in the classic beauty of burlesque. Others opt for the visceral shocks of the sideshow.

Marlo Marquise, who will make her Asbury Park debut on Saturday, March 23, does both.

"When I first started combining those two, I was seeing a lot of old, fat carny guys do all of these (sideshow) things," said Marquise, who got her start as a burlesque performer around five years ago. "Even if there was a female doing these tricks they still were more about acting like ...